^9 (A)For God is my witness, ^(B)whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, ^(C)that without ceasing I mention you

¹⁰ You are witnesses, and ^(A)God also, ^(B)how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.

^31 (A)The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, ^(B)he who is blessed forever, ^(C)knows that I am not lying.

^5 (A)For we never came with words of flattery,^[a] as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—^(B)God is witness.

²³ But ^(A)I call God to witness against me—it was ^(B)to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.

God's Sovereign Choice

9 ^(A)I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—

⁵ And he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and ^(A)his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything ^(B)in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”